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SUBMITTER: Kumar SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7591827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kumar Shaji K SK Jacobus Susanna J SJ Cohen Adam D AD Weiss Matthias M Callander Natalie N Singh Avina K AK Parker Terri L TL Menter Alexander A Yang Xuezhong X Parsons Benjamin B Kumar Pankaj P Kapoor Prashant P Rosenberg Aaron A Zonder Jeffrey A JA Faber Edward E Lonial Sagar S Anderson Kenneth C KC Richardson Paul G PG Orlowski Robert Z RZ Wagner Lynne I LI Rajkumar S Vincent SV
The Lancet. Oncology 20200828 10
<h4>Background</h4>Bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRd) is a standard therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Carfilzomib, a next-generation proteasome inhibitor, in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone (KRd), has shown promising efficacy in phase 2 trials and might improve outcomes compared with VRd. We aimed to assess whether the KRd regimen is superior to the VRd regimen in the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in patients who were not being considere ...[more]